Cut out the diving! Moyes lays down the law after Young is accused of cheating Palace

Manchester United manager David Moyes will read the riot act to serial diver Ashley Young this week — and warn him that he will not tolerate cheating.

Young was booked by referee Jon Moss for a blatant dive following a challenge from Crystal Palace midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi before earning a dubious penalty later in the first half after a foul by the same player.

The Palace player was sent off by Moss for denying Young a goal-scoring opportunity.

Controversial: Ashley Young goes down after a challenge from Kagisho Dikgacoi....

.... but it was Young who was booked for diving

United went on to win the game 2-0
with goals from Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney but Moyes was
unimpressed by Young, who has now been booked three times for diving in
his career and is behind only Gareth Bale and David Bentley on the
Premier League’s all-time list of offenders.

Moyes
said: ‘I’ve always said I don’t like diving. He deserved to get booked.
I don’t want any of my players diving, I don’t want anybody doing it.

‘If
you look at it (the penalty), the boy definitely throws his leg out and
Ashley’s leg goes into it. I think Ashley has put his leg into it. But I
will definitely say to Ashley that it is not what I want.’

It
is not the first time Young has been criticised by a United manager for
diving. Two seasons ago, Moyes’s predecessor, Sir Alex Ferguson, said
he would ‘have a word’ with the forward after incidents involving QPR’s
Shaun Derry and Ciaran Clark of Aston Villa.

The
28-year-old has now earned 12 penalty awards since his Premier League
debut in 2006, the joint highest by any player in the league’s history.

Dubious: Ashley Young went down under pressure on the edge of the box and a penalty was awarded

Moyes continued:'I don't like the rule where every time it is the last man it means it is (a red card).'

'I thought it was harsh. If I was Ian Holloway I would be disappointed.

'OK, it might be a penalty. But I don't think the boy made a challenge to wipe him out.'Unfortunately that is the rule.'

United
did not impose themselves in the manner Palace boss Ian Holloway feared
and it took a late free-kick from Wayne Rooney to seal the points.

Rooney was only a confirmed starter on
Friday evening after he had tried out a strange looking cushioned head
guard to protect the area where he had 10 stitches following a training
ground collision with Phil Jones.

'It was a difficult decision,' said Moyes.

'We
got the headband on Friday and we wanted to see how he felt with it. If
I thought he could wear it I would try and get him out.

'He tired a little bit in the second-half but I wanted to get the 90 minutes out of him because he lacks match practice.

Spot on: Robin van Persie celebrates after scoring the opener with a penalty

Scar face: Manchester United boss was pleased with Wayne Rooney's contribution on his return to the team

Moyes was also able to introduce
£27.5million new-boy Marouane Fellaini for his debut, although the
Belgian was overshadowed by fellow countryman Adnan Januzaj.

The
18-year-old unsettled the Palace defence more than any other United
player and won the free-kick from which Rooney scored his first goal
since March.

'I considered playing him from the start,' said Moyes.

'His performance when he came on showed it would have been merited. He didn't looked fazed and did a lot of good things. He moved the ball well. He is going to be a good player.'